Competive Athletics 2009

Since the beginning of Term 4, all classes have been training hard for the Competive Athletics Day at Growers Stadium. Weither it be at team sport, or Year group atletics training, everyone joined in with the training leading up to the event. On Tuesday 17th Novemeber, all competitive athletes walked to the Stadium. The weather was not good, and the rain started to spit. But it soon cleared up for the events. The day got under way with the start of track events, 1500m. The field events were running hrough the whole day in the middle of the track. There were some extraoridinary efforts, and well earned placings and records. Grace Gill was the star of the day, betting the Auckland Champion to Champion High Jump record by 10cm.
Good luck to all athletes at this weeks Zone Athletics Day in Papakura.

Cross Country

As the year 8 girls lined up on the start line, I felt a rush of nerves flow through my body. My heart was pumping as I anxiously awaited to hear that torturous gun. When Mr Scott finally shot the gun, there was a huge scramble to get to the start of the course. Everyone was pushing and shoving. When everyone found their feet, we were off. Grace zoomed to the front, leading the pack. Some people made the mistake of starting fast and dropping back due to exhaustion. Coming through into the finish line was such a relief. I was knackered. For me, cross country is quite a challenge.Although I did beat my last years placing, I felt if I had put 100% effort into it, I could have possibly done better. With all my training lading up to the day from Mr Short, I was extremely disappointed.
While the year 8 boys raced, we rested up on the grass bank at Bleidslode Park. After the results and certificates were handed out, we walked back to school.
Most students had full participation and tried their best. The best of luck to the Zone Cross Country Team.

Tapuae Competition 2009

Week 1, Term 2 Pukekohe Intermediate School held a school wide Tapuae competition. Dominique Hancock, Sports Co-ordinater from Room 45 was the organizer for this competition.

The teams were entered as buddy classes for the competition, and a maximum of 16 team players were able to take the court at once. Lupe Soapi of Room 23, and Abi Chapman of Room 36 were our team captains.

Students from the 2 teams played a number of games against a lot of challenging classes, playing a total of 3 games, making it into the quarter finals! In this game we went up against Room 13 & 45 and successfully came out with victory, which then took us into the Semi-finals.

Our first semi-final game was on Tuesday 16th on June and versed the same 2 classes. We had a really tough game and the weather was really rough, but even though we had to put up with that, Room 23 & 36 still came out with a win.

Wednesday 17th of June we played against Room 28 & 45. It was a very tough competition. But we pulled through with a win.

Then on Wednesday 25th June, Room 23 went head to head against Room 3 for the finals. It was a unpredictable game but Room 23 took out the game, and the whole competiton. Room 23 did not lose any game in this whole competition!

Room 23 Aim High

Orienteering 2009

On Friday 1st May, Pukekohe Intermediate sent 5 orienteering squads to Totara Park Manurewa to compete at the Zone Orienteering. We arrived at 11.30 to warm up then the Year 7 girls had a start time of 12.03pm. Each squad started exactly 3 minutes after each other.
Pukekohe Intermediate did extremely well, with all squads coming a placing and moved onto Auckland Champions. Grace Gill did amazing scoring a time of 12.47 minutes.
Then on Tuesday 12th May, all squad members travelled to Reeves Farm in Patumahoe to compete at Auckland Champs. It was very cold and extremely muddy and wet but everyone got awesome results. The year 8 girls A came second by only one hundreth of second!

Ngahinapouri School Netball Tournament Hamilton

On Sunday 24th May, a netball team of 10 girls, Danelle Cox (Captain) Jazmin Fulton, Kelly Drew, Tegan Hunter, Danielle McNabb, Shannon van den Berg, Havannah Pearson, Jorgia Watson, Billie Paterson and Bailee Graham, travelled to Minogue Park Netball Courts in Hamilton.The competed in 5 games throughout the day. It started off sunny for the first 2 games but then the rain hit and it was freezing cold. Pukekohe Platinum did extremeley well placing second in the tournament by only one goal! We had many injuries and numb fingers but we all had an awesome day and it was great fun!

The results:
Pukekohe vs St Andrews 21-10 Win
Pukekohe vs Peach Grove 13-12 Loss
Pukekohe vs TAI Soldiers 13-13 Draw
Pukekohe vs Maeroa 18-3 Win
Pukekohe vs Berkeley 13-9 Win

Coca Cola Netball

On Wednesday 20th May, Bruce Pulman Netball Centre was packed with over 20 schools competing in Netball Games throughout the day.
Pukekohe Intermediate sent 12 competitive teams and 4 social teams. This gave girls the opportunity to get involved in sports in school. Pukekohe Intermediate placed very well in all divisions. The year 7 division 1, Pukekohe Roses came 1st, Pussycat Girls 5th and 9 Golden Stars 6th Place. Year 8 division 2 Pukekohe Gold 1st, Pukekohe Bronze 3rd, Pukekohe Stingaz 5th Place. Year 8 division 1 Pukekohe Platinum 2nd and Pukekohe Silver 3rd Place.

It ws a day enjoyed by all, even though it was pouring with rain!